Improvement in soap



S. STRUNZ.

SOAP.

1No.18.O,390. P nted July 25,1876.

"-PETERS, PHOTO-LIYHOGRAPNER, WAISHINGTON. D C

UNITED 1 PATENT QEErcE.

STEPHEN STRUNZ, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT-IN SOAP.

' Speeificatir n forming part of Letters Patent No. [80,390, dated July25, 1876; application filed June 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be'it known that I, STEPHEN STRUNZ, ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mannfacture of Soap,of which the following is a specification The object of my invention isto produce a cake of soap whjchshall-contain a pocket for the receptionofea gift or prize row-ace purposes.

I may or may not provide each cake of laundry or toilet soap with suchrecess, but, for the purposes of trade, I generally pack five of suchrecessed or pocketed cakes containing gifts in every box of soap offeredfor sale.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a perspective view ofa cake of laundry-soap embracing my invention, and showing in its outersurface recess or depression a cake of toilet-soap, as a gift; Fi II, asimilarview, with the gift omitted; and Fig. III, a section of a cake oflaundry-soap, showing an embedded pocket.

Referring to these drawings, A represents the pocket, and B the gift orprize. This gift or prize may be a cake of toilet-soap, B, in which casethe outer or surface depression or pocket is preferable.

The gift is usually wrapped in tin-foil a, to preserve it from contactwith the soap. Or the gift may be a piece of jewelry, or other articlegene ally used for such purpose by trades-people. In such case it mightbe better to place it in an embedded pocket.

I make the pocket, recess, or depression A in the process of molding thecake of soap, and, as those skilled in the art will readilyunderstandhow such pocket is made, further description is unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a cake of soap constructed with a depression, recess, orpocket, for the reception of a prize or gift,

substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a cake ofsoap constructed with a depression,recess, or pocket, of a prize or gift, said prize or gift being isolated from contact with the soap by a tin-foil wrapper, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my-hand inthe presence of the subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN STRUN Z.

Witnesses:

WM. J. KIRKWOOD, HARRY GoEDDEL.

